A virtual conversation between Tom Matlack, Steve Locke and Lisa Hickey that starts about race and jumps to the future of journalism and storytelling.
Archives for August 2011
Living Too Long Isn’t Killing Us, Stupidity Is
If you can’t fix stupid, America might be screwed.
Flying Skillets
David Davis struggles to put food on the table, literally.
Calm Down, It’s Just a Sport
When is it OK to punch another fan at a sporting event? Um, never?
Behind Every Story, There’s a Scar
If our scars don’t stop us, Jackie Summers writes, they’ll only make us stronger.
Home Improvement
Dear Babes in Wolfland, I write to you as an insulted and eracinated consumer of your music. Having been weened — culturally and spiritually, not infantiley — on Babes in Wolfland music, your new EP came as an unwelcome rape to my fragile aesthetic sensibility. See, when I was ten I scraped together enough coin…
Depression Part Three: Social Support
Trigger warning for discussion of depression and suicide. (Author’s Note: Much of the material for this post and subsequent posts in this series comes from this document on men’s mental health problems.) Men are currently undergoing a social support crisis. “Social capital” is the social connectedness of a particular person– his or her connections within and between…
Femmephobia: Two Misconceptions
Trigger warning for brief mentions of rape. Mod Note: If you want to go argue about trans people and cissexism, argue on this thread. I have recently been doing a lot of posts about femmephobia, i.e., the cultural fear, hatred and devaluation of femininity (i.e. weakness, vulnerability and various traits that attempt to appeal to the powerful,…
#whodwin Wednesday: Issue #6, “Earth, Whims and Firearms” [Fan-Decided Character Battles]
Dominic Fortune vs. Blackjack! Foxy Brown vs. Aunty Entity! Madcap vs. Creeper! Black Manta vs. Moses Magnum! Find out who fans favor!
Science: When Black Holes Get Hungry, They Reach For The Stars
A new animation from NASA shows exactly what a hungry black hole looks like when it feeds.
The 10 at 10
Bill O’Reilly has his wife’s boyfriend investigated by police, Mayor Bloomberg’s Spanish inspires El Bloombito, and Gilbert Arenas is misogynistic on Twitter.
Lucky Number Seven Interview: Crime Writer Gary Phillips & “The Rinse” from @boomstudios
Mystery/Crime novelist Gary Phillips stops by Komplicated to discuss his new comic The Rinse.
Humor: If @isaiahmustafah is cool, his dad must be extra cool, right?
The nut often doesn’t fall far from the tree, after all …
Guestpost #60: Erin Rodgers – Ten things I’ve learned from having social anxiety disorder
Bio: Erin Rodgers is a writer, comedian and improviser. She is a former member of the Cage Match winning improv team “Bea Arthur” who travelled to New York City to perform in the 13th Annual Del Close marathon in August, 2011. She also formerly wrote for the sketch troupe “Radio Vault” and her short films…
Wordless Wednesday–The Truck
Please leave me your best caption for this photo: It’s FOOTBALL WEEK at the Filling Station. Check out my guest post, From Coach Osborne To A Man Named Suh. My Memories Of The Huskers.
Nobody Cares About Your Fantasy Football Team
So, listen to what happened to my team last wee … No.